CALGARY – Dustin Poirier isn’t worried about how the seemingly inevitable return of Conor McGregor to the octagon could change his path to the UFC lightweight title. Poirier (23-5 MMA, 15-4 UFC), who rematches Eddie Alvarez (29-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC on FOX 30 headliner, believes he will have done enough to get a crack at 155-pound gold if he can take out the former UFC and Bellator champ. A potential hiccup in those plans arrived today, though, when McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) reached a plea agreement for his April bus attack incident directed at champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC). All signs point to “The Eagle” and “The Notorious” sharing the octagon later this year, which would push Poirier back in the queue of title challengers. Related Ex-UFC champ Eddie Alvarez on Conor McGregor title shot: 'The world we live in' Khabib Nurmagomedov challenges Conor McGregor and team for November showdown Poirier said he’s not sweating the situation, though, because if he beats Alvarez in the fashion he envisions, he will be next in line. He just might have to wait for Nurmagomedov vs
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